Domestic mail (Periodicals Mail, Standard Mail, and Package Services) addressed to a domestic addressee who has moved to another country must not be forwarded to another country but must be returned to the sender. Domestic mail that cannot be returned to the sender because of an incorrect, incomplete, illegible, or missing return address must be treated as dead mail and disposed of as provided in DMM 507. (See 762.2 for items bearing foreign return address.)

Regardless of mail class, a domestic parcel-size mailpiece or any domestic mailpiece that appears to contain merchandise: Hold at the Post Office of the addressee. While holding the piece, the Post Office submits a request for instructions to International Claims, St. Louis ASC, P.O. Box 80146, St. Louis, MO 63180-0146. The request must include the following information: